Winthrop High School - Winthrop Winner Yearbook (Winthrop, ME)

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WINTHROP HIGH SCHOOL 45 Want Ads Wanted: By L. Gale an instrument that will make her able tor Stan a Bell fStanley Belzj. Wanted: By S. Gaylord a book on love making. Wanted: By M. Audette and M. Bis- son a baby Chick , Wanted: By R. Dostie a shoe Heal that will not Russ . Wanted: Something to make a corn Cobb keep away from a S p i de r Webb . Wanted: A Black Smith shop next to a Well . Wanted: Some Mills that Arthur Rourke, Jr. can buy. Wanted: A Bole CBeaulieuJ, for a Hall . Wanted: By C. Wentworth some more wood that will keep her Bond fire going. Wanted: By Robert Stewart a car of his own and a girl to go with it. Wanted: By E. Lewia something that will make Buster Deblois appreciate her. A S Wanted: By Miss Hoke something to make R. Stewart study his French more. Wanted: By Mr. Millett a Detective to find out who makes all the noise in his Business Training class. Wanted: By Mr. LaPlant someone to take charge of his Biology Class while he is absent, and keep them quiet. Wanted: By Mr. Grant some tape to put over Ray's mouth to stop him from talking and laughing so much in class. Wanted: By Anita Dostie a little of the sun's Ray . . . It is said that Edna Young has been seen about with a Green guy. O. Tibbetts: You remind me of the ocean. H. Smith: Wild, romantic, rest- less -. O. Tibbetts: No, you just make me sick. In the Freshman Latin Class, student translating: And the Romans 'flew'. Another student: I didn't kn o w they had airplanes in those days! Mr. LaPlant: What is a weed ? Lila: A mislaid plant. Mr. LaPlant: Name one. Lila: LaPlant. Mr. LaPlant only wishes that Peg Bruneau would sleep as soundly at night as he does when it is time to get up in the morning. Rosa Bruneau after a hard time eat- ing her candy yesterday, said she wish they would put a zipper opener on cel- lophane wrappers. Dance note: I'd ask you for the next dance, but all the cars are taken. Betty Webb in English Class telling how to make a dress: Well, first you select your cloth, then a pattern and some thread. After that you cut out the cloth and sew it up. Well, doctor , said M. Cushman, Why in the world don't you look at my tongue, if you want to, instead of writ- ing away like a newspaper editor? How long do you expect I am going to sit here with my mouth wide open? Just a moment more, please, Mad- am , replied the doctor, I only wanted you to keep still long enough so that I could write this prescription. Harvey Buzzell's father came in to see him, found him holding one of his rabbits by the ears and saying to him, How much is seven times seven ? Bah , his father heard him say, I knew you couldn't. Here is another one. Six times six is what? Now I know our teacher was lying to'i1s. Why, how? asked his father. Why, she told us this morning that rabbits were the greatest multipliers in the world.

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44 WLINTHROP WINNER Modern Art What A Life Artist, Hall Qhanding cartoon to edi- Sky's clear tory: Now, this is the picture of a Wyre here cow eating grass. Why so Editor-in-chief, Frost: I don't see D0n't kngw any grass. You go Artist, Hall: Oh! T he COW has Others come eaten all the grass. Know some Editor-in-chief, Frost: And where's School days the cow? New ways Artist, Hall: Well, you can't expect Smart studes a cow to hang around where the grass Dull moods is all gone. Pep talks Mean knocks ' Not So Bad At That Some A's A government agent was making in- Work Pays quiries as to the crops, so as make his Class Um? report to Washington. This is what he Ranks Chlme asked Farmer W. Cobb: Bad tune Have you a good crop of wheat this Soon, June Veal. -yi That s all ' Till fall! Fine , replied Cobb. Oats doing well, I presume? A trifle rusty from the rains, but they'll make a good crop, I believe , re- plied Cobb. I suppose you have curtailed youi hog production? Sure , answered Cobb. What crop are you depending on this year for your cash crop ? Succotash, mainly , said Cobb. The man put it down. LAMENTATION Without just cause or provocation, To my deep humiliation, Before a classroom congregation, Without a bit of isolation, I was given an oration On my need of concentration In my last examination, And my need of education If I thought of graduation. I was filled with agitation When I heard this revelation On my slow degeneration. And I sat with meditation While he froze my circulation With a sharp denunciation. Some call it a bawling out ! It is rumored that Madeline Bisson once rode in a truck very Swift-ly. We Wonder Why Chick Cobb likes the girls? Why D. Moore thinks he's it? Where Mr. LaPlant got his hair cut? What Prof. Grant got his glasses for? Where L. Irving lost his tongue? When Edward Davis combed his hair last? Why Lila Gale inscribes a circle around a triangle? Memory Gems Kind words are gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the blossoms, Kind deeds are the fruits. Can You Recognize These? Perform the indicated operation. H-h-h-how w-w-w-will y-y-y-you s-s-s- swap? As far as the drill and review. Now, Harriett. I can't seem to get started-Oh, yes. Maya I go to the library? I've a lot tu o. ll U 66 Cl

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46 WINTHROP WINNER Briggs: Doctor, can you help me? My name is Briggs-. Doctor: No, I'm sorry, I simply can't do anything about that. The head teacher in the Su n d ay School found too much noise going on in the next room. Seeing A. Bond, a little taller than the rest, talking a great deal, he brought him out and banged him in- to a chair in his room, saying: Now, be quiet! A little while later a smaller head ap- peared around the door saying: Please, sir, you've got our teacher. He Did His Best J. Maxim Ca hungry Irishmanl, went into a restaurant Friday and said to the waiter: Have yez any whale ? Waiter: No. J. Maxim: Have yez any shark? Waiter: No. J. Maxim: Have yez anv swordfish ? Waiter: No. J. Maxim: Have you any jellyfish ? Waiter: No. Alright , said John. Then bring me ham and eggs and a beefsteak smoth- ered wid onions. The Lord knows 1 asked for fish ?. . One day R. Swift was seated in the waiting-room of a station with an odor- ous pipe in his mouth. L. Moore called his attention to the sign no smoking . R. Swift: Well , said Russell, I'm not a-smokin'. L. Moore: But you have a pipe in your mouth. R. Swift: Sure, an' I've shoes on me feet an' I'm not walkin'. His Idea of Genius Bud Cobb once said to Hobble Ste- vens, the young cowboy singer: Mr. Stevens, donyt you believe that genius is inspiration? H. Stevens: No , replied Hobble, genius is perspiration. He Knew Only One Mr. LaPlant had been telling his Bi- ology class that recently Worms had be- come so numerous that they destroy the crops, and it was necessary to import the English sparrow to exterminate them. The Sparrows multiplied very f as t and were gradually driving away our native birds. H. Deblois was apparently verv 1n- attentive, and Mr. LaPlant, thinking to catch him, said: Henry, which is worse, to have worms or sparrows ? Henry hesitated a moment and then replied: Please, I never had the sparrows. Cobb at the Gem fturning aroundjz Can't you see anything ? Peg: Can't see a streak of the stage. Cobb: Why, then, I'll tell you what to do. You just keep your eye on me and laugh when I do. Marjorie F.: I think Helen will make a fine wife. I have been calling on hel for six months now and nearly always have found her darning her father's socks. Bob S.: That caught me, too, until I foliind out that it was always the same soc . Kat: I've an invention at last that will mean a fortune. Lucie: What is it this time? Kat: Why, it's an extra key for a typewriter. When you don't know how to spell a word you hit that key and it makes a blur that might be an e or a or almost anything else. Merrill and Phyllis were seated in a buggy one evening in town watching the people pass. Nearby was a popcorn stand. Presently Phil remarked: My! The popcorn smells good! That's right , said Merrill, I'll drive up a little closer so you can smell it better. , ,